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“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”—Aristotle
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”—Socrates
DEGREES
Ph.D., Physics, The City University of New York.
M.Phil., Physics, The City University of New York.
M.A., Physics, Queens College.
B.A., Physics, Cum Laude, with Honors in Physics, Queens College.
B.A., Applied Mathematics, Cum Laude, with Honors in Applied Mathematics, Queens College.
GRADUATE STUDIES
Training: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
Thesis: Rigorous Approaches To Critical Phenomena At Phase Transitions.
Doctoral Advisor: Alexander A. Lisyansky, Professor of Physics, Queens College of CUNY.
Note: Forever grateful to Dr. Lisyansky, my doctoral advisor; and to Dr. Jacob Neuberger, who taught me physics.
AWARDS and HONORS
Nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching Award."—Raritan Valley Community College, April 1, 2025.
Nominated for the "Excellence in Teaching Award."—Raritan Valley Community College, April 2, 2024.
Bloomfield College honors Demetris Nicolaides with the title of Professor Emeritus.— May 20, 2023.
Presentation Award (first place in Natural and Physical Sciences), National Conference on Undergraduate Research—D. Nicolaides, D. L. King, S. M. Cristobal, 2022.
Details: My advisee Destiny King, presenter of our research titled Twinkle, Twinkle, Variable Star, How I Wonder How Far You Are!, (based on our paper), was a 2022 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) competition finalist, selected from over 2,500 presenters. She proceeded to win an "NCUR Presentation in Natural and Physical Sciences" award for her outstanding conference presentation.—CUR Twitter (April 8, 2022).
Recognized by the Council on Undergraduate Research for student mentoring.—April, 2022.
McNair Faculty Mentor: McNair Scholars Program, named for Dr. Ronald McNair, physicist and NASA astronaut.
McNair grant recipient for student mentoring in STEM research.
Special Relativity: Certificate of Achievement with Distinction, World Science U.
Certificate of Award for Mentoring Excellence.—Bloomfield College.
PBI grant recipient for student mentoring in STEM research.
Employee Recognition Certificate (5 times).—Bloomfield College.
Recognized in a worldwide physics contest, Journal of The Physics Teacher (Volume 43, Mar, Apr, May, 2005).
Faculty Research Grant recipient.—Bloomfield College.
Placed first in annual research day, Certificate of Recognition, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
Certificate of Recognition, Sigma Xi.
Paul Klapper Physics Award for “the outstanding physics major" for finishing first in his physics class—The Faculty of the Physics Department, Queens College, CUNY. (Paul Klapper was the first president of Queens College.)
Award for Honors in Physics “in recognition of superior scholarship"—The Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, Queens College, CUNY.
Award for Honors in Mathematics “in recognition of superior scholarship”—The Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, Queens College, CUNY.
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